Maximizing Recovery in the Postpartum Period: A Timeline for Rehabilitation from Pregnancy through Return to Sport.
Rachel Selman, Kate Early, Brianna Battles, Misty Seidenburg, Elizabeth Wendel, Susan Westerlund
PMID 36237644WHAT IT FOUND
This paper proposes a timeline for exercise and return to sport after pregnancy, but it is a clinical commentary, not a study.
It offers no new evidence on whether these guidelines work or are safe, so there are no findings here to change your practice.
What this paper is
This is a clinical commentary proposing a rehabilitation timeline for pregnant and postpartum athletes. It outlines suggested exercises, goals, and return-to-sport criteria based on existing literature and expert opinion, but it reports no original patient data, no methods of a new study, and no outcomes. There are no findings to act on here, only proposed guidelines that require further validation.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the proposed exercise progressions and return-to-running timelines in this paper as evidence-based protocols. The paper contains no original data or trial results to support these specific recommendations.